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Greg Maresca The Business Of Hate Summary
In the article, “The Business of Hate” by Greg Maresca, the speaker conveys a theme of the hate issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center that once exposed hate groups like the KKK and Neo-Nazis. The line, “However, today, the SPLC has devolved into a radical, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, political action group spinning in a whirlpool of angst,” appeals to pathos because it evokes the pity of how corrupt certain groups can turn out to be. Extremist groups like this one often display hate towards the opposing beliefs and use this hate to generate revenue for their own organization. These groups claim of providing information to overcome problems other extremist groups are creating. However, we see these groups follow the same route the

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